Hoisting device for motor-vehicles.



F. A. SIMONDS.

HOESTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14 1913.

1,106,684. Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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Wimassas Inusnjov Frankqkfilmonds WW 15WM Mfiornag P. A. SIMONDS.

HOISTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14. 1913.

1,106,684. Patented Aug. 11,1914,

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wflnassas Inuarvfor Frankekimonds P. A. SIMONDS.

HOISTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14,1913.

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F. A. SIMONDS. HOISTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED APR.14,1913.

1 ,106,684=. Patented Au 11,1914.

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FRANK A. SIMONDS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAF'.

HOISTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

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My invent-ion i'elates to improvements in hoisting devices for motor vehicles and the like, and its ob eetls to provide a device of this character; which will beautotnatic in" operation, deriving its power. for lifting the automobile from the driving wheels of the same, to providi a device which is simple in construction, positive and effective in operation and to provide the samewith various other new and useful improvements as hereinafter more fully described and particularlv pointed out in the claims.

The hoisting device embodying this invention is adapted to raise the motor vehicle so that all four of its wheels will be entirely free of the floor, thus removing all weight from the tires while the machine is out of use, and permitting the wheels to be freely arious obvious reasons desirable in testing the mechanism of the machine, removing tires from the wheels, etc, a nd the device is so constructed that its operation is entirely automatic, it. being merely necessary for the driver of the motor vehicle to drive the same into position on the hoisting device and by keeping the 'engine of the motor vehicle in motion and the rear wheels of the machine turning, these rear wheels which rest upon rotatable rollers forming a part of the hoisting device will t ransi'nit their power to the operating mechanism which will immediately a be automatically brought into position to engage the axles of themotor vehicle, and to raise the same suiticiently to remove the Wheels from the floor and will automatically stop raising the machine at a certain predetermined height, even though the driving wheels of the automobile continue to rotate. \Vhen the driver desires to lower the motor. vehicleand remove it from the hoisting device, it is only necessary for him to reverse the rotating of the driving wheels and this reversed rotation will be transmitted through the driving rollers of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.'1 1., 1914;.

Application filed April 14, 1913. Serial No. 766,998.

the device and will lower themotor vehicle until the wheels engage the floor and it will then immediately back off from the hoisting device, the lifting meinbers'ofwhich will automatically tip out of the way,- so that they will not interfere \viththeunder parts of the automobile as it passes over them. The device is also provided withi' 'various other novel features of arrangement and construction, which will more fully appear-by reference to the accompanying drawings,.in which Figure l is a plan view ofa hoisting deflvice embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a $7 0. side elevation of the same showing the axles of a motor vehicle in position ready tobe engaged by the lifting members; Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of one set of power transmitting rollers and one of the lifting rs, together .with the mechanism for operating the same, the mechanism shown in this figure being the principle" driving mechanism for the whole device; Fig.4 is a side elevation of one set of power transmitting-rollers and one of the lifting units and-mechanism for operating the same;.Fig. 5 is a vertical section of one set of power transmitting rollers showing the movable roller held in lowered position; Fig. (i. show 85 the same mechanism'as Fig. 5,with the mowable roller raised to follow the tire of the. automobile; Fig. 7 is a detail showing the operation of the spring finger for throwing the friction roller into engagement with the power roller; Fig. 8 is a vertical section through one of the lifting units; Fig 9 is a vertical section of the same, parts shownin -Fig. 8 viewed from the opposite side; Fig.

10 is a detail of the rack bar operating mechanism, showing the rack-bar raised'froin engagement with the gear wheel; Fig. 11 is a front elevation of one of the lifting members and mechanism for operating the same; Qand Fig. 12 is a plan view of'one of the liftin units for the front of the car, together with its operating mechanism. .1 7 Like numbers refer to like parts in. .all; ofthc figures. I

The device is provided 'with two sets of power transmitting rollers, 1 a ;I1d 2. Thev rear roller 1 of each set being journaled in 7 standards extendin upward from abase, plate 3, while each orward roller 2 is journaled in the free ends of swinging arms The device is also'provided with f0tll llf ing members 5 and (3, two of which ar adapted to engage opposite ends of the rear axle of the motor vehicle while the other two'engage opposite ends of the front axle thereof. Each lifting member is provided with mechanism for operating it and this mechanism derives its power from the power trania Z l l gagcd by too tires of tne rear wheels 61 the automobile, and this power is transmitted at; through flexible shafts and gears to eac lifting unit.

Owing to the equalizing mechanism or What is commonly known as the differential gear, which is used inthe rear axle of most 5 motor vehicles, which permits one wheel to rotate freely should resistance be applied to the opposite one, it is necessary to engage both rear wheels of the motor vehicle in order to obtain positive driving movement, hence the rollers 1 are directly connect'd and caused to rotate simult neously by shaft 7 extending between them and the rollers 2, which are the driving rollers proper, are each connected by flexible shaft- 25 mg 8 and universal joints 9 i opposite ends of a shaft 10, this shaft l0 beingjournaled in the base plates 11 of the rear lifting units and extending between them. The shaft is provided near one end with a worm 12, 30 which meshes with a worm gear 13 fixed to a haft 14, which is jouraaled in hearings on one of the base plates 11. 13 isprovided with bevel gear teeth 15, which mesh with a bevel gear 16 on a-shaft 17 journaled in bearings on the base 11, and this shaft 17 extends to the opposite rear lifting unit and is provided with a bevel gear 18 ,on its opposite end, which meshes with a bevel gear 19 fixed to a shaft 14, 43) similar to the one in the opposite lifting unit. The shaft 17 is also provided with a bevel gear 20 which meshes with a bevel gear 2'1 fixed to the end of a shaft 22 which extends to one of the forward lifting units and is provided on its forward end with a bevel gear 23 meshing with a bevel gear Qt fixed to a shaft 25. The shaft 25 extends .between the two forward lifting units being journalcd at its respectiv end on th b plates 11 of said units and it is provided at each end with a bevel gear E26, each of which gears meshes with a bevel gear 27 fixed to a shaft 14, said shaft also heir" journalcd on base plates 11 similar to those in the rear and shafting, the power derived from the driving rollers 2 is transmitted to each of the four lifting units so that they will act simultaneously.

The lifting members 5 and 6 are substan- 'tially screw jacks mounted in pivoted frames 28, these frames being pivotally connected to the base plates 11 and adapted to swing backward and lie close to the lloor when outof operation'and when raised'to iitting rollers 2, which are on.

to it, a rack bar 34 and this rack bar is pro-v The worm. gear.

liftin units. 13* this svstem or 'carin i .l b D operative position the forward sides are supported by arms 29 which rest in sockets 30, these sockets being preferably formed on the upper sides of the bearings of the shafts 1 Each'lifting member 5 and 6 is vertically slidable in its frame 28 and is actuated by a screw 31, which threaded longitudinally into it. The lower end of this screw is rotatively supported in the frame and projects through the lower side thereof, and 5 is provided on its lower end with a beveled gear 32, When the lifting member. is in operative position, the bevel gear 32 meshes with a bevel pinion 33 fixed to the end of the shaft 14:, and as the shaft 14 is rotated the lifting member will be raised or lowered according to the direction of the rotation of thc said shaft The frames 25% which carry the lifting membi are pix oted so that the said lifting s5 may be tipped down close to the plan the automobile is driven into ptmlilOIl or removed from the hoisting device and means are provided to allow the said lifting members to tip backward as the ma chine moves oif from the device and for raising them to place after the machine has been driven into position to be hoisted. For this purpose, each frame has pivotally attached vided on its lower edge with gear teeth which mesh with a gear 35, one of which is provided for each lifting unit, those of the rear units being fixed to the shaft-1.7 while thosc of the forward units are attached to the shaft Each rack bar is held in mesh with its gear 35 by means of a depressing roller 36 which is mounted at one endon a bell crank lever 37. This bell crank lever is pivotally attached to an arm 38 which projects preferably from one of the bearings in which the shaft 17' (or 25) is journaled.

The end of the bell crank lever 37 opposite the one which carries the roller 36 extends downward and has attached to its lower end, a toggle lever 39, which is engaged at its lower end by a spring 40 which exerts an upward pressure upon it. \Vlicn the rack bar is in mesh with the gear 35, the pivotal connection 41, between the toggle lever 39'' and the lower end of the bell crank lever 37, is oii'set from a direct line between the pivot of the said bell. crank and the lower end of the toggle lover and the upward thrust of the spring 4-0 tends to maintain the bell crank lever 37 in this position and to hold the rack bar in mesh with the said gear 35. The parts are shown in the above described position in Fig fl and this is the position they assume while the frame 28 is being raised, and as it reaches a vertical position and comes to rest, a pin 42 projecting from the side of the rack bar, engages the bell crank lever 37, moves it about its pivot, and swinging its lower end or the pivot point 41 between the center of the bell crank pivot' and the lower end of the toggle lever 39 and the spring 40, automatically moves the said lower end of the bell crank lever to the limit of its movement in this direction. As this movement takes place, a lifting roller 43 which is also attached to the bell. crank lever and engages theunder surface of a flan e 34 of the rack bar, rises and lifts the said rack bar out of engagement with the gear 35. The frame now rests in its normal operative position being supportedat its forward end by the arm 29 and the gear may rotate freely. The frame operating mechanism remains in this position while the car is being raised and lowered and after the car has been lowered and movesbackward from the hoisting device, the upward extensions 5"- and 6 at the upper ends of the lifting members, will be engaged by the axles of the car and the frames will be tippcc backward. They are free to do so because the rack bar 34 is held out of engagement with the gear 35 by the lifting roller 43, and as the frame moves backward and downward the rack bar traverses the roller 43 and near the end, of i its movement, a pin 4-4 projecting from the side of the rack bar, en ages the bell crank lever 37 and trips it bacf to its former position, whereupon the depressing roller 36 reengages the upper surface of the rack bar and again draws the same into mesh with the gear 35 so that when the machine is again driven into lace upon the hoisting device and the sha ts 17 and 25 rotate, the frames will immediately be drawn to an upright wosition.

The power transmitting units which con-- min the driving rollers 2. one of which is provided for each driving wheel of the car A113 preferably lccated in a depression in the l oor, so that only a portion of the rollers project above the surface thereof so that the car may be easily driven into place.

In order to provide a tractive resistance for the driving wheels of the automobilc when the car is driven into place on the dcvi e, it is necessary to hold the rear set of rollers 'l stationary until the rear wheels of the car have moved into place so that the tires thereof are supported by both sets of rollers 1 and 2. This is accomplished by providing a band brake which surrounds each of the rollers 1 near one of its ends, and this band brake is operated by a brake lever 46 pivoted in a boss 47 projecting upward from the base plate, 11, and the for ward end of the brake lever engages the surface of a cam 48. this cam being attached to a shaft 49. A friction roller is also attached to the shaft 49 and this friction roller is provided with a depression 50 in,its pe- -ri;1licry and the roller is so located that it .will frictioually engage the forward drivin Y roller 2, rotation of which will rotate the said friction roller, together with the cam 48. When the car is driven on to the device the friction roller engages the driving roller and the cam depresses the brake lever locking the idler roller but as soon as the tire engages the driving roller and rotates it the friction roller is rotated until the depression 50 comes opposite the driving roller. This rotates the cam 48 and releases the brake lever allowing its forward end to rise and loosen the brake band so that the idler roller 1 may rotate freely. After the depression 5t) reaches the driving rollcr the friction roller ceases to rotate and remains inoperative while the car is being raised and lowcred. As the driving wheels of the car continue to rotate and their tircs frictioually cngage tlic rollers 1 and 2, they will of course. bc rotatcd by this frictional cugagcuicnt and this rotation will be transmitted from the driving rollers 2 through the flcvible shafts 8 and universal joints 9, to the shaft 10 and tliciicc by means of the various gearing and shutting almve described, to each of the lifting units and as they operate to raise the car, the driving rollers 2, which are mounted in the swinging arms 4. follow the tires upaid ll! (H tl to maintain the driving rotation. The forward ends of the arms 4 are caused to rise by means of gear segments 51 provided thereon, these gear swuiciits being in mesh with small gcars 52 lived to a shaft 53 which is journalcd in bcariiigs on the base plate. Each of tlicse shafts 53 is provided with a spring: .7! which is coilcd alioilt it. one end if said eprimg' being attached to the shaft while the other end is fixed to a stationary part of the dcvice preferably the lcarlng for llli' sha it. This spring tends to r late the haft 5:: and cxcrls sufficient: force to pres the driving rollers 2 against the ti es cf tlic \vliccls; as they rise to cause l tlil to be friciionally rotated. 'lieil the car is raised to its desired hciglit, extensions 4 on ihc arms, 4 strike fixed stops 55 which prmcnt furtlici' raising of tbe driving i-ollcrs and consequently the frictional cu gagcmcnt bctwccn the said rollers and the tires of the car, is dimiuishcd until there ccascs to be enough friction to rotate the rollers to raise the car further. The hoist lug mechanism offers much more resistance while raising the car than when lowering the same. and consequently the frictional en gagcment between the tires of the driving wheels and the driving rollers 2 must be greater when aising the car than when lowering it. As above stated the car having been raised until the resistance offered by the the hoisting mechanism is greater thaii the frictional engagement between the tires and driving rollers, the car will be raised no farther, but when the rotation of said driving wheels is reversed the frictional contact required to lower the car being much less than that for raising it, the driving rollers 2 will immediately start to rotate in the opposite direction and will transmit this oppositely rotative motion through the 5 train (f gears and shafting to each of the lifting members and the car will be lowered to the floor. As it reaches the floor and the front wheels rest thereon while the rear wheels are rotatably supported by the rollers 1 and '2 they will continue to rotate to lower the lifting members 5 and 6 until they are entirely free from the axles and as this occurs, the plates on the upper ends of the rear lifting members 5, will engage the upper ends of push rods 56 which are slidably m unted in the frames 28. The lower end of each push rod engage a lever 57' fixed to a rock shaft 58 and this rock shaft extends from the lifting unit to the adjacent driving unit, being journaled in bearings 59 on the base plates 11. The rock shaft 58 has attached to it a spring finger 60 which is adapted to engage a pin 61 which projects from one end of the friction'roller 50,

5 and as this shaft is rotated by means of the lever 57 as it is engaged by the push rod 56, the finger 60 by engagement with the pin 61 rotates the friction roller 50 sufliciently to reengage its periphery with the driving roller 2 whereupon the friction roller is rotated, together with the cam 48 which engages and depresses the forward end of the brake lever 46 and tightens the brake band about the rear frame- 1 and prevents it 35 from rotating. This roller now being sta- 5 gagement with a pin 64 projecting from the arm 4, but when the brake lever is depressed the finger 63 is released and a spring 65 draws the hook 62 into engagement with the pin 64 and holds the arm 1- in lowered position against the action of the spring 54.

the car is moved from thodeviee.

which has a constant tendency to raise the said arm through the gear 52 and segment 51 above described. The driving rollers 2 are thus retained in lowered position when As the first action of the mechanism when the car is driven on to the device, is to release the brake lever 46 which immediately engages the finger 63 and disengages the ho k 62 0 from the pin 6.4. the arms 4 which carry the driving rollers 2 are free to rise as soon as the car begins to do so.

.Vhen the car is first driven into position to be raised the frame 28; the rear ones of 65 which carry the push i 56, are tipped backward and the said push rods are disengaged from the levers 57, consequently the shaft 58 and the saring finger 60 on the opposite end thereof, are freely movable and as the driving wheels engage the drivin rollers 2 and the friction roller 50 is rotate together with the cam 48, to release the brake lever 46, the pin 61 will enga e and lift the spring finger 60. N ow,as the ames 28 are ralsed to operative position, the push rods 56 will be brought into place and their lower ends which are'still depressed, will engage the levers 57 and tend to return the friction roller 50 to its former position. This is prevented however, by the edge of the periphery of this roller next to the depression 5O therein, striking the surface'of the driving roller and the spring finger 60 will yield as shown in Fig. 7,.to permit the levers 57 to be depressed. The parts remain in this position only until the car has raised sufiiciently to release the push rods and free the levers 57.

The operation of the device is' as ,follows': The automobile is driven into position on the hoisting device, the front wheels first passing over the driving rollers 1 and 2, and the rear wheels losing their 'tractive effort as soon as they engage the driving rollers 2, which are at all times freely rotative, the

driving wheels continue to rotate and by frictional engagement, rotate the driving rollers 2. The first movement rotates the friction roller 50 until the depression 50 therein, reaches the driving rollers 2, whereupon the rotation of the roller 50 stops. This movement has also rotated the cam 48 and released the freeend of the brake lever 46 and loosened the brake band 45 so that the rear rollers 1 may rotate freely and finger 63 is engaged by the brake lever 46 as it rises which disengages the book 62 from the pin 64 and releases the arms 4 which are then thrust upward under tension of the spring 54, which acts throu h the gears 52 and segments 51 and ho] s the driving rollers 2 in yieldable engagement with the tires of the driving wheels of the car. As the driving rollers are rotated, their rotary movement is transmitted by the flexible shafts 8 and universal joints 9 to the shaft 10. and thence through the various bevel gears and shafts to each of thelifting units and rotates the shafts 17 and 25. The gears 35 which are mounted upon the shafts 17 and 25 rotate and the rack bars 34, which a re held in mesh with the said gears by the depressing rollers 36, raise the frames 28 to a vertical or operative position, and as they reach this position the pins 42 strike the bell crank levers 37 and shift the position of the same and disengage the rack bars from the gears 35. as heretofore dcscribedi When the frames 29 reach their operative position, they are. supported by the arms 29. and the gears 32 mesh with the pinions 33 which are rotated from the driving rollers and they immediately start to rotate, turning the serews 31 to raise the lifting members 5 and 6. As these rise. they engage the axles of the ear and lift the same bodily from the i100! and as the wheels rise. the driving: rollers E: follow the rear wheels upward until stopped, by the projection 4 whieh engages the steps 55. This reduces the frictional eontaet between the trietion rollers and the tires of the driving wheels until it is insufiieient to raise the ear farther. \Vhen the driver sees that the ear has rearhed thelimit of its upward movement, he may stop the engine and leave the ear in this position or if so desired, he may continue to ran the engine to test the different parts of the ineoha nism of the automobile.

\Vhen it is desired to lower the ar and remove it from the hoisting deviee. the driver starts the engine and reverses the ro tation of the driving wheels and owing to the lesser resistance. required to lowerthe car, the driving rollers will he rotated in the reverse direction whirh will reverse the rota-- ti n of the entire mechanism and will lower the car to the floor. After the ear has reached the floor and the lifting members 5 and 6 are lowered still farther to reiea'e them from the axles the push rods 56 will be engaged by the plates at the upper ends of the rear lifting members and will depress the levers 57. and the spring fingers 60 will engage the pins l and reengage the peripheries of the friction rollers 50 with the driving rollers 2 and they will immediately rotate, together with the cams 48, to depress the brake bands 45 about the drums 1. stopp ng their rotation. The rear wheels now attain the, tractivo resistant-e upon these fixed rollers 1. and immediately move over these rollers Carrying: the ear ofl' fr m the boistin; device. As the brake lovers in were do pressed, tlie fingers as were released and the books ()2 were drawn into engagenn-nt with the pins til by the springs U13. thus holding the arms 4 and driving rollers l in lowered position. As the ('ar moves har'lcward. the axles thereof engage the upward extensions 5 and (3 on the liftingmembers and tip the same. together with their frames barkward and as they reach the l'lorr, the pins 4t en- ;rago the bell (-rank lever 37, tipping the sanu: to their former position. and remeshing the rat-ks 3t with the gears I3 so that the frame is ready to be raised when the ear is again plaeed on the hoisting d viw.

What I elaim is: W

l. .\n automatie hoisting devii'e for motor vehicles 'Hl])l'lr-ll1f lilting uu-mhers adapted to engage the m tor vehirlo to raise the same. and means for artuatiug said lilting lllt'ilh hers operated by frictional engagement with the driving wheels of the motor vehicle.

2. .\n automatic hoisting device for motor 2 vbieles. comprising. litting members adapted to engage Fll 'll motor vehielo to raise and l wer the same. means for aetnating said lifting nniuhers operated by frietioiial engagenn-nt with the driving wheels of the automobile. moans tor stopping the op ration of sin-h operatio merhanism when the motor vehiele has been raised to a rertain iredetermiin-d height. and means for sto ping the op ration of said operating inee anism after the motor vehiole has been lowered to the door.

3. An automatic hoisting device for mot r vehirles comprising. a series of lifting units to raise and lower sueh motor vehicles, each unit being; provided with a lifting member adapted to engage the under side of the automobile and merhanisni tor opt-rating the same, power transmitting units to engage the tires of the driving wheels of the automobile. oath power transmitting unit being proiided with an idler roller and a driving roller. said driving roller being adapted to rise and remain in trietional engagement with the tires of the driving wheels as the nnt nmhite rai ed, and means for transn'iiiting power from the driving rollers to the operating meoi'ianism in the lifting units.

1. An automatic motor vehicle hoist comprising, power tran mitting units adapted to be operated by the driving wheels of such motor vehicle. each power transmitting unit being provided with an idler roller and a driving roiler and the driving rollers being adapted to rise and remain in frictional engagement with the tires of the driving wheels as the motor vehirle is raised. shafts to rnnnert the eorresponding idler rollers and driving roilers in the respective driving units so that they will rotate simultaneously. series of iit'ting members to engage the motor vehicle to raise the same, and means for operating said lifting members a tuated by the shaft to which the driving rol ers are connerted. i

S. An automatic hoisting device for motor vehicles comprising, a series f lifting u tits. each of which is provide with a. lifting member mounted in a pivoted frame, whirl: is adapted to tip downward and lie close to the floor, means for raising each frame to vertieal operative position, means for actuating the lifting member and power transmitting meehanism operated by frictional engagement with the driving wheels of the motor vehicle and (-onneeted by shafts and gears to the meehanism in eat-h of the lifting units to aetuate the same.

ti. An automatic hoisting deviee for motor vehirles romprisingr, a series of lifting units loi-ated on tho floor beneath sueh motor vehii-le. ear-h lit'tinp unit being provided with a pivoted frame, a lifting member vertically slidable in the frame, a st'rew jourpressing roller naled in the lower end of the frame and threaded longitudinally into the lifting member, a be el gear fixed to the lower end of the screw a bevel pinion fixed to a shaft journaled in the base plate and iltltlplltd to mesh with said bevel gear when the said frame is in normal posi ion, means for raising the frame to a vertical position and for releasing the same so that it may be tipped dowi'iwai'd, and means operated by frictional engagement with the driving wheels of the automobile and connected by shafts and gears to the mechanism in the lifting units; for operating the saline.

'4'. An airtoinatic hoi ting device l ol inotor vehicles comprising, a series of lifting units located in the floor beneath such may tor vehicle. cit-ch lifting unit being provided with a base plate, a frame pi'rotally attached to the base plate and normally supported in vertical position and adapted to be tipped downward to ln rizonlal position, a lifting member vertically slidable in said frame and adapted to engage the under surface of the motor vehicle, a projecti n at the upper end of said lifting member adapted to be engaged by the motor vehicle as it moves ackward to tip the frame backward, means for actuating the said lifting members, a spur gear fixed to a shaft journalcd in bearings on the base plate, a rack bar pivotally connected at one end to the pivoted frame and provided on its under surface with teeth adapted to mesh with those of the said spur gear; a flange on rack bar, a bell crank lever pivoted to the case, a demounted on said. hell crank and adapted to traverse the upper surface of said llangc, when the hell crank is in one position, to hold the rack bar in mesh with the gear, a lifting roller also mounted on said bell crank and adapted to traverse the under surface of said iiangc when the hell crank is shifted to the op' 'iosite position, to lift: the rack bar out of engagement with the gear pins projecting from the side of the rack bar and adapted to alternately errgage the bell crank: to sh ft it from one position to the other, a spring to vieldablv retain the bell crank in either p =sii;ion, and power transmitting i'necl'uinisni operated l= v frictional cngagenumr with the driving wheels of the motor vehicle and connected by shafts and gears to the. operating mechanism in each lifting unit to actuate the same. i

S. An automatic hoisting de ice for motOr vehicles comprising, a power transmit ting unit for each driving wheel adapted to rotatably support the said wheels, each unit being provided with a base plate, an idler roller journaled in hearings on the base plate, a pair of arms pivotally ci'innected to the base plate and normally supported in horizontal position, a power transmitting l l l 1 l I l l 1 I l i l i a push rod adapted tobe roller journaled in the free ends of said arms, means for locking the said 1dler rollagainst rotation and for releasing the I upward, and means for limiting the upward movement of said arms, a series of lifting units located on the floor beneath the automobile and adapted to engage the lower side thereof to raise the machine from the floor, and means for transmitting the rotation from the said driving rollers to each of ,the said liftihg units to actuate the same.

9. An automatic hoisting device for motor vehicles comprising, a power" transmitting unit for each of the driving; wheels of such automobile adapted to rotatably support the same, each unit being provided with a base plate, an idler roller journaled in bearings on the base plate, a pair of arms pivotally connected to the base plate and normally supported in horizontal position, a driving roller journaled in the free ends of said arms and adapted to engage the tire of the driving wheel, a hand brake surrounding one end of the idler roller, a brake lever pivoted to an extension on the base plate and having the band brake attached to it, a friction roller fixed to a shaft journaled in bearingson the base plate and adapted to frictionally engage the periphery of the driving roller when said roller is in low .ered position, the periphery of said friction roller being provided with a depression, a cam fixed to the said shaft which carries the friction roller adapted when rotated to engage the free end of the said brake lever to depress the same and tighten the hand brake about the idler roller, a pin projecting from one end of the friction roller, a rock shaft journaled in'bearings on the base plate, a finger fixed to said rock shaft and adapted to engage the said pin on the friction roller, a lever fixed to said rock shaft, depressed when the machine 18 lowered and released when the machine is raised, and also adapted, when depressed, to engage the said lever on the rock shaft, means for retaining the pivoted arms, together with the driving roller in lowered position and for releasing the same, means for yieldably thrusting the same upward to hold the driving roller in frictional engagement with the tire, and means for limiting the upward movement of said arms, lifting units located on the floor beneath the motor vehicle and adapted to engage the under surface of the same, and means for tranmitting the rotation from the said driving rollers to each of the lifting units to actuate the same.

10. An automatic hoisting device for motor vehicles comprising, a series of 1ift- 'haeltward to horizontal position a lifting ing units located on the floor beneath such automobile. eaeh lifting unit being provided with a base plate a frame pivotally eonnet'ted to the base plate normally supported in vertieal positi n and adapted to he tipped Dltllllll' \Tl'tl tlllv slidahle in the frame. and adapted o engage the under snrfaee of the motor veniele to raise and lower the same, a projeetion at the upper end of said lifting inemher adapted to be engaged by the motor rehi le as it moves harrlcward to tip the frame haeltward means for aetnating the l Said lifting ineinher when the frame is in vertieal position. and means for raising the frame to verti al pmition and for l'lltnfilllfl the same so that it Ina be tipped lmchward, a power transmitting unit for with driving wheel of the antomohile adapted to r tatal)l support the same. Qilt'li it heing provided with a toe plate. an id '-r roller journaled in heari gs on aid lzase plate. a pair of arms pivotal, \fOlllWt'ittl to the base plate and nermally upp rted in horizontal position. a drivin j roller jonrnaled in the free ends of said piroted arms and adapted to frlctnmally engage he tire ot the driving I wheel, means for locking the idler rollers against rotation and for releasing the same. means for retaining the pivoted arms, together with the driving: roller in lowered position and for releasing the same. means for vielilahl v thrusting: the free ends of the pivoted arms together with the driving roller upward, and nreans for limiting the upward inmenient of said driving roller, a shaft etnneeting the corresponding idler rollers in the respeetire power transmitting nnit so that they will retate simultaneously, a tlexihle shaft ronneetin; the r rresponding driving rollers in the resperth 0 power transniitting units so that they will retate simultanmn ly. and means fer transmitting the rotatien of the driving rollers to the operatingniez'hanisni in each of the lifting units to aetnnate the same snhstaiitially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presenee of two witnesses.

F RA .YK A. SIMONDS.

Witnesses:

llaneiin Vim .in'rwmar, lamnn: A. Jonas. 

